Hi. I don't thinks this is a chamber pot. It doesn't appear to have a handle. You need a handle to carry the pot outside and empty it. We have an old chamber pot that we keep under the kitchen sink, for collecting veggie scraps. We then carry it out and empty the contents on the compost pile. So, its current use is somewhat like its purpose back in the good old days!

I believe that if it were a chamber pot it would have some kind of a handle on it for carrying. Mine has a wire handle. Also, with the way the lid fits, it looks like it's a cooking pot, all the chamber pots that I've seen have a lid that fits over the pot, not inside a rim. Chamber pots would have a wider, more rounded lip for "comfort" while sitting! But if you're still worried about it, then just use it for decoration.Laurel in MN

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